Editorial: The U.S. needs to encourage Venezuelans to oust their corrupt leader — not do it for them
The power struggle in Venezuela between President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition-controlled National Assembly intensified dramatically this week when assembly leader Juan Guaido declared himself the country's legitimate president. But regardless of what one thinks about the merits of Guaido's claim or the rightness of his cause, the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America complicates the uprising he's leading against the fraudulently elected Maduro.
As recently as a year and a half ago,
